[Solved :3]What's the difference of "local function" and "function"?
So basically I'm very curious why some people do this when creating a function
local function Eat()
Food.Parent = Enum.Organs.Stomach
end
instead, why don't they do it like this?
function Eat()
Food.Parent = Enum.Organs.Stomach
end
My point is why do some people use local function instead of function? I mean it does the same but why type the word "local" before typing the word "function" if it does the same thing?
1 answer
I'll try to explain in the most simplest of examples.
you can only call local function after you declare it:
local function myfunction ()
--script
end
myfunction()
it will not work if you try to call it before it's declared:
myfunction()
local function myfunction ()
--script
end
however if the the local function is inside another function or local function.
you can only call that local function inside that function or local function:
local function firstfunction ()
local function secondfunction ()
--script
end
secondfunction()
end
things like this will not work:
local function firstfunction ()
secondfunction()
local function secondfunction ()
--script
end
end
or
local function firstfunction ()
local function secondfunction ()
--script
end
end
secondfunction()
or
secondfunction()
local function firstfunction ()
local function secondfunction ()
--script
end
end
Now, global function (functions without local)
You can call a global function anywhere as long as it is in the same script
secondfunction()
function firstfunction ()
local function secondfunction ()
--script
end
end
or
local firstfunction ()
function secondfunction ()
--script
end
end
secondfunction()
There might be things I said wrong, so check these if you want to learn more.
https://developer.roblox.com/en-us/articles/Variables
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